- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Marvel Comics; illustrated edition edition (Feb 9 2005)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0785115099
- ISBN-13: 978-0785115090
- Product Dimensions: 25.7 x 16.8 x 0.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 295 g
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #431,157 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Holy! Looks like-! It can't be...is it? A stunning new evil emerges to stalk Peter Parker as the biggest Spider-Man event in years rocks the wall-crawler's world! The worst defeat that Peter Parker ever endured - a moment frozen in the minds of Spider-Man fans everywhere - was supposed to be far in his past. But now, two villains - ripped, perhaps, directly from that very moment - have emerged and they threaten to destroy everything that he holds dear!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Riveting,
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This review is from: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8: Sins of the Past (Paperback)
Volume 8, collecting issues #509-514, has an intense plot with one main story arc running throughout. Spider-man has always been haunted by the death of Gwen Stacy, his former "love of his life". Now that day has come back to haunt him in the present as two people arrive determined to kill both Peter Parker and Spider-man for their respective parts in Gwen's death. The events of the past, his relationship with Gwen, are relived as Peter discovers the connection between that relationship and the two would-be assassins. There comes a time when the fateful day of Gwen's demise is relived in the present as Peter determines not to let the same thing happen twice.
This volume was absolutely riveting. The one continuous plot of the book makes for a fast, page-turning read. With this volume Peter's character, and Spider-man's, becomes much more real and multi-layered. Spider-man is a man with issues but one who will never give up on choosing to do the right thing, no matter what the risk to himself. My only complaint is that the volume has a different illustrator and while the characters have kept the same basic components; there was no attempt to make them identically the same as previously drawn. It was a weird feeling at first as I didn't immediately recognise some of the characters and it took some adjusting to get used to the new renditions. It felt like watching your favourite TV show to find that all the actors have been replaced with similar looking, but obviously different, actors. We'll see if the next volume keeps this new look or if the old illustrator comes back. Despite the illustration, this is a fabulous entry in the series that will be one of my favourites, if not the top favourite, of the whole canon.
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2.8 out of 5 stars (19 customer reviews) 21 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
C'mon Straczynski, what were you thinking?,
By N. Durham "Big Evil" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8: Sins of the Past (Paperback)
Until the Sins Past storyline hit, Babylon 5 creator and Supreme Power scribe J. Michael Straczynski's run on Amazing Spider-Man has been nothing short of, well...amazing. However, Sins Past finds him trying to unravel a part of the super hero's past, a very prolific and impacting part, that spells doom for the rest of the read. One of the most powerful and heartbreaking moments in the history of Spider-Man was the tragic death of Gwen Stacy at the hands of the Green Goblin, and here Straczynski attempts to play off the classic, and never before treaded upon, storyline by placing the idea that Gwen and Norman Osborn had a secret affair in which Gwen secretly gave birth to twins. Twins who aged at an accelerated rate. Twins who are also trained ninjas. Twins who are trying to kill Spidey, who they know is Peter Parker. C'mon Straczynski, what were you thinking? To say that this idea sounds contrived is saying it lightly. Now don't get me wrong, up until this point Straczynski's run on AMS has been superb, and his efforts on the MAX series Supreme Power and Rising Stars are even better, but this is by far the worst and most ridiculous he has done. On the plus side, the art by Hulk artist Mike Deodato is excellent, but it's too bad you'll be distracted by how ridiculous the story is. Hopefully JMS will realize the error in his ways, and this storyline will be written out of the Spidey mythos in the near future. Hopefully.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
It's time for another Good Idea/Bad Idea...,
By G. Buckland - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8: Sins of the Past (Paperback)
###THIS REVIEW INCLUDES SPOILERS###
Oh deary me. Working out a way to get Osbourne vs Parker back onto the agenda? Good idea. Doing it by fundamentally altering Spider-Man history and through a completly unbelievable revelation concerning an iconic character?? Bad idea. Very, very bad idea. Introduction a new goblin villain? Good idea. Using them for only a handful of panels and having them defeated in such a lame way? Bad idea. Still I had to give it two stars cos it remains a fairly thrilling read. I miss the fun art of J.R. jr - the new realistic style does nothing for me. And while I admire the balls of JMS for throwing us such a curveball i have to say this - if you're going to fundamentally alter Spidey's history with a major revelation, you'd better make sure that reveleation fits. And it just doesn't. This could have worked if handled with more care and more time. I'm thinking maybe the original thought was to have had Gwen assaulted by Norman and keeping her dark secret through shame and through fear of Peter's reactions. That would have worked for me (just about) but I bet it must be hard to convince Marvel bosses to include rape in their biggest title. Not that it stopped DC. With just one small character inconsistancy JMS ruined the whole story. The way it was introduced... the flipant "there was something so powerful about him" explanation. Come on folks, this is Gwen we're talking about here! JMS even destroyed any chances of reversing this decision by having Mary Jane confirm it all. And while I buy her "I keep secrets" excuse for not revealing it before, it really sullies everything for me now. Folks, I'm picking up "I'm with Stupid" by Dan Slott and forgetting any of this ever happened! 5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Truly Awful,
By Spiritual Vision - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Amazing Spider-Man Vol. 8: Sins of the Past (Paperback)
Michael Straczynski messes, re-invents and destroys the past history of Spiderman. Gwen Stacy always had a special sacred place in the hearts of Spiderman fans. This story totally rubbishes it and tramples over all the previous great writing on the book (from Stan Lee onwards) It should not have been allowed. The story is shot full of holes and is totally ridiculous
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